BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Vulture. 471 



3 jS. Norwegian White- headed Vulture. — V. leucocephalus norvegicus. 



Is almofl entirely of a fnowy whitenefs ; the head and neck being naked and reddifli ; 

 having a yellow bill, with a remarkable black fpot. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 248. n. 10. 



4 y. Sardinian White-headed Vulture. — V. leucocephalus fardicus. 



Of mixed afh, brown, and greyifh plumage, with black wing and tail quill-feathers. 

 Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 248. n. 10. 



5 cf\ Sooty White-headed Vulture. — V. leucocephalus fuliginofus . 



The body is of a footy colour, with reddi/h fpotsj the head, neck, and root of the tail, 

 being white. Lath. ind. orn i. 2. n. 4. 



This variety is found in Alia, Africa, and the fouth of Europe. — From the remarkable difference 

 between the fnowy whitenefs of the fpecies, or variety, defcribed by Dr Gmelin, which ftands at the 

 head of this article, and the footy colour of this variety as defcribed by Mr Latham, it appeared re- 

 quifite to feparate them at leaft into two varieties. This Sooty variety is probably the Vultur perc- 

 N nopterus of the Fauna aragonenfis ; it is two feet and a half long, and builds its neft in lofty rocks ; 

 the bill is black ; the front and chin are naked, and covered with a yellowifh wrinkly ikin ; the ex- 

 ternal margins of the wing quill-feathers are white or hoary, except thofe of the two outer primaries. 



6 g. Bengal White-headed Vulture. — V. leucocephalus bengalenjis. 



Of a dufky brown or blackifh colour, the head and fore part of the neck being naked, 

 and of a pale chefnut colour, and the fhafts of the feathers on the lower parts of the 

 body being white. 



V. percnopterus femina. Haffelq. it. 209. Id. ed. angl. 194. — Bengal Vulture. Lath. fyn. i. 19. 

 t. 1. Id. fup. 3. — V. leucocephalus, femina. Lath. orn. i. 3. n. 4. p. — V. bengalenfis. Syft. nat. ed. 

 Gm. i. 245. n. 2. 



Inhabits Afia, Africa, and the fouth of Europe, being found as far as Bengal. — This animal is two 

 and a half feet long ; the head and naked part of the neck are covered with brown wool or down ; 

 the legs and feet are of a blackifh brown colour, with black claws ; the bill is of a leaden colour, 

 with a white point ; the craw hangs over the breaft. The eggs are of a dirtyifh appearance. 



This variety is confidered as a diftincT: fpecies of the genus by Dr Gmelin ; and Mr Latham was 

 formerly of that opinion. In his laft publication, however, it is ■ fuppofed to be only the female of 

 the Sooty variety immediately preceding. Without pretending to decide the difference it is placed 

 here as a variety. — T. 



7 3. King Vulture. — 3. Vultur Papa. 3. 



Of a reddifh white colour ; the head and neck are naked, and the noftrils are furround- 

 ed with dentated flefhy warts, or tubercles. 



V. Papa. Lath. ind. orn. i. n. 7. — Vultur. Albin. av. ii. 4. t. 4. — V. monachus. Klein, av. 46. 

 n. 9. — V. elegans. Ger. orn. 302. — Rex vulturum. Briff. i. 470. n. 11. t. 36. — Roi des vautours. 



O 2 Buff. 



